Cow-tail holder



ggMm floz w M ANDERSON COW TAIL HOLDER Flled July 22 1922 Oct. 9

Fatented ca. 9, 1923.

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Application an July 22, 1922. sefiai'iiofsvasoo.

5 State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and,

useful Cow-Tail Holder, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to :cow tail holders,

and the object thereof is to provide a simple,

1 cheaply constructed and eiiicient device of.

this character which maybe readily applied and removed, and which willautomatically be detached should the cow become unruly.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the com-- bination and.arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe device shown applied, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view on an enlarged scale of the device showndetached.

In the embodiment illustrated, the holder constituting this invention ispreferably constructed of spring wire bent intermediate its ends to forma leg encircling open loop 1 which is designed to be passed around theleg of the milker, and which has connected therewith a tail clamp 5.This clamp is constructed of two jaws 2 and 4, the former of whichextends laterally from one end of the loop 1 and is bent'at 3 to formahand grip, and extended therefrom parallel with jaw 2 to form themovable or clamping jaw 7i. This jaw i has its terminal deflected asshown clearly in Fig. 2 to form betweenit and the fixed jaw a V-shapedtail receiving tail. V p The other end 6 of the open loop 1 lsextendedin a plane tangential to said loop and is provided with a plurality oflongitudinally spaced hooks or fingers 7 formed 59 by bends in said end6. These hooks 7 are designed to', be interlockingly connected WILLIAM1a. .elvnnrzsoiv, or no Ycnvrtrin,vviscoivs nv.

from its connection space which facilitates the insertion of the" a hook8 which is also designedito be engaged in the same manner that the hooks7 r are to form a loop of the largest size.

The jaws 2 and 4 are connected by a clamping band 9 which encircles bothof said jaws and is slidably mounted thereon to vary their grippingengagement with the tail which is inserted between them.

In the use of this device, the loop 1 is passed around the leg of themilker as shown in Fig. 1, and the clamp 5 has its open end arrangedtoward the milker and between the jaws 2and 4 of which the cows tail isinserted and held. .The positioning of the device in the manner aboveset forth with the loop 1 clamped tightly around the leg of the milkerwill locate the clamp 5 so that when the cow switches her tail it willautomatically pass between the jaws of the clamp and be held. Should thecow niilker, the latch arm 6 will spring away with loop lzand releasethe milker. v

To release the tail, a little yank or pull is given tothe tail moving itout from between the jaws a and 2.

The wire from "which this device is constructed ispreferably moreor lessflexible so that the connecting portionlof the jaw 2 willbe pliant andvibrate when a cow switches her tail so that she will not be madeuncomfortable and yet will prevent the tail from switching in themilkers face. t is of course to be understood that this "become unrulyand move relatively to the 7 holder need "notnecessarily ,be applied asshown in Fig. 1, but the loop 1 may be turned more or less'laterallyrelatively to the milkersleg so that'the tail if desired may be heldfurther away such as is often necessary when'wet.

I cla1m:-

1. A cow tail holder comprising a single piece of spring-wire .bentintermediate its ends to form a leg encircling open loop with. a latchmember at one end of said loop and with its other end extended laterallysubstantially at righ angles to saidloop and adapted to 'be engaged bysaid latch, said.

lateral end being extended and bent to form a hand grip with theterminal a'rranged'to' form' a cooperating clamping jaw, and a slideconnecting said aws to vary their clamping engagement. 7

2. A holder of the class described comprismg a single piece of wire bentintermediate 7 I its ends to form a leg encirc1ii1g lo0p, xyith Intestimony that I eleiimrtheferegoing I one end" thereof extendedtangentially relaas my own, I have-hereto afiixed mygsignative to the"loop and provided with a, p1uturein the presenceof two Witnesses.rality of lengitu'dinallyep aced' hooks, the 5 otherv end of said Wire:being extended laterally from said 190p clamping jaws. I

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